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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1957
Page
3
Eighty more victims will be buried in private funerals in Kingston while 80 others are laid to rest at a mass grave near the Kendal station wreckage. The death toll, unofficially at 183, with about 500 injured, prompts a government probe and possible tighter rail safety rules.
Norfolk Navy investigators identify Marine Pfc Melvin Dennis Griggs 19 of Kenmore New York as the sentry shot to death at the Fleet Landing gate of the Norfolk Naval Base. A board of inquiry investigates an apparent accidental shooting with Pvt James J Daly of Jersey City as the other on duty guard. Daly hospitalized in Portsmouth with shock.
Misses sizes 10 through 20 offer a high empire bodice scoop neck and flared silhouette with bolero. Pattern 4792 requires 41% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. Include name address zone size and style number when sending 35 cents plus 5 cents extra per pattern to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY 11.
Clarke County Fall Festival at the old horseshow grounds August 26 31 drew 1879 prize winners. Champions included Hollin Hill Farm Diaplane Aberdeen Angus bull, Rebecca Davenport Delaplane Aberdeen Angus heifer, Olhveboy Stock Farm Charles Town Hereford bull, McCeay Thompson White Post Shorthorn bulls and heifers, plus Patsy Wolfe Winchester Grand Champion. Calf scramble selected ten boys to gain calves, with winners Danny McIntyre Boyce Jesse Lowerham Berryville Sammy Buckley White Post Russell DeShonge Berryville and Lewis Folts Berryville.
Gene Ray Larrick of White Post listed among participants in a Pony Club show sponsored by the Raritan Club Saturday. First places included Rock and Roll to Micheal Kirby in class one, Silver Scuff to Ms J H Symington in class two, Family Sunflower to Miss Amanda Macky Smith in class three, Gorbie to Miss Karen West in class four, Thunderbirds to Patricia Donovan in class six, Pop Corn to Patricia Donovan in class seven, and Miss Babara Moore winning class eight with a paired hunter entry.
A public showing of an electrical fire prevention film is set for tomorrow at 7:30 am at the Friendship Fire Hall. The screening precedes the companys regular September meeting and is arranged by the Northern Virginia Power Company. The film covers efficient wiring cord connections and other aspects of electrical installation and maintenance.
The Marianas Trench near 200 miles southwest of Guam records a depth of 35640 feet, marking the deepest spot in the world’s oceans as measured by soundings. This discovery spotlights extreme oceanography and the limits of underwater exploration.
Federal agents search for clues after 22541 dollars vanished from a locked safe at the Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Center in Hampton Virginia. The theft was discovered when the safe door was found ajar by alternate cashier Luther Brizendine.
Payne's Chapel in Berryville will reopen Thursday at 7 30 p m with services led by pastor J F Butts. Additional services are planned Sunday at 7 p m and the public is invited to attend.
A bus melee in Manhattan left two women and four men jailed on multiple charges. A peacemaker, Gene Lowe, 24, was critically injured with a skull wound while attempting to stop the fight as weapons and rocks were thrown and bus windows shattered. Suspects James Brown 24 Joan Brown 22 Raul Pagan 30 Lydia Pagan 19 Robert Rodriguez 24 Ramon Diaz 23 charged with felonious assault riot and malicious mischief.
A BAG jet bomber from Hurlburt Field Florida crashed into an oil tank near Danbury Texas last night sparking a fire visible for miles. All three crewmen parachuted to safety and were injured with one in critical condition Captain Arthur J. Manzo 30 First Lieutenant David E. Moore 25 and Sergeant Albert I. Newland 26 sustained multiple injuries
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